This is the final list of the top defensemen from all of hockey history, as determined by the History of Hockey community at HFBoards:

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Top 60 Defensemen of All-Time

Rank

No.

Player

Height

Weight

Born

Died

Career

Nationality

1

4

Bobby Orr

6'0"

199

1948

1966-1977;1978-1979

Canada

2

2

Doug Harvey

5'11"

190

1924

1989

1947-1969

Canada

3

77

Raymond Bourque

6'0"

219

1960

1979-2001

Canada

4

2

Eddie Shore

5'11"

194

1902

1985

1924-1944

Canada

5

5

Nicklas Lidström

6'2"

190

1970

1991-Present

Sweden

6

5

Denis Potvin

6'0"

205

1953

1973-1988

Canada

7

4

Leonard "Red" Kelly

6'0"

195

1927

1947-1967

Canada

8

2

Viacheslav Fetisov

6'1"

215

1958

1974-1975;1976-1998

Russia

9

19

Larry Robinson

6'3"

220

1951

1972-1992

Canada

10

24

Chris Chelios

6'1"

190

1962

1983-2010

USA

11

22

Brad Park

6'0"

190

1948

1968-1985

Canada

12

7

Francis "King" Clancy

5'7"

155

1903

1986

1921-1937

Canada

13

7

Paul Coffey

6'0"

200

1961

1980-2001

Canada

14

3

Pierre Pilote

5'10"

178

1931

1955-1969

Canada

15

6

Sprague Cleghorn

5'10"

190

1890

1956

1910-1928

Canada

16

17

Earl Seibert

6'2'

198

1911

1990

1931-1946

Canada

17

7

Tim Horton

5'10'

180

1930

1974

1949-1974

Canada

18

2

Al MacInnis

6'2"

204

1963

1981-2004

Canada

19

4

Scott Stevens

6'2"

215

1964

1982-2004

Canada

20

44

Chris Pronger

6'6'

220

1974

1994-Present

Canada

IN PROGRESS

Interesting to see that out of the top 20 defensemen, not a single one was born between 1931-1948. At first I wondered if we as a group underrate players born during that time, then I realized the time period corresponds almost perfectly with the Great Depression and World War 2.